Health and Wellness

Fact Sheets

These health and wellness fact sheets provide a snapshot of information explaining each grant's intent for school districts, charters and BOCES across Colorado. Funding assists with physical, mental and behavioral health support for students and professional development opportunities for educators.

Health Education Services fact sheets

Comprehensive Health Education Grant (PDF) (updated March 2025)
The Colorado Comprehensive Health Education Grant encourages a planned, sequential health education program offered at every grade level pre-K through grade 12. The intent of the program is to foster healthy behaviors through increasing students’ health knowledge and skills to establish and maintain their health and wellness in addition to the modification and reduction of “high-risk behaviors.”
K-5 Social Emotional Health Pilot Grant (PDF) (updated March 2025)
House Bill 19-1017 establishes a pilot program to place a team of school mental health professionals in participating schools and will allow to provide necessary support for young students and their families at a critical time in their education.
Marijuana Use Prevention Resource Bank (PDF) (updated March 2025)
The Marijuana Use Prevention Resource Bank, also known as the Jack Splitt Memorial Marijuana Resource Bank, consists of evidence-based, research-based and promising materials and curricula pertaining to marijuana use prevention to help public schools address marijuana use with students in the age of legal recreation for adults.
Mental Health Education Literacy Resource Bank (PDF) (updated March 2025)
The mental health education literacy resource bank is required to include programs that are evidence-based, research-based or promising programs.

Project AWARE (PDF) (updated March 2025)
Colorado’s Project AWARE aims to build a comprehensive, coordinated, and integrated school behavioral health services system.
School Health Professional Grant (PDF) (updated March 2025)
The Colorado School Health Professional Grant Program provides funds to eligible education providers to enhance the presence of school health professionals for elementary and secondary levels.
State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) (PDF) (updated March 2025)
The SLFRF program funds schools to expand school health professionals like nurses, psychologists, social workers, and counselors.
Student Wellness Grant (PDF) (updated March 2025)
The purpose of the grant is the implementation of Whole School, Whole Child, Whole Community approaches to improve the health and wellness of students to reduce barriers to learning and health.
Vaping Prevention Education Grant (VPEG) (PDF) (updated March 2025)
The Vaping Prevention Education Grant (VPEG) supports schools in combating youth vaping through education, prevention, and treatment.

School Health Services fact sheets

Menstrual Hygiene Products Accessibility Grant Program (PDF) (updated March 2025)
The Menstrual Hygiene Products Accessibility Grant Program was created by Colorado Senate Bill 21-255, “Free Menstrual Hygiene Products to Students,” and signed into law on July 6, 2021. The program aims to provide free menstrual hygiene products and product disposal to all students regardless of their gender identity.

Student Health and Nursing Services (PDF) (updated March 2023)
The goal of providing student health services in school is to maintain the physical, mental and social health of children so they can benefit from their educational opportunities.

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